Arizona weekly citizen., 1887-08-27

.'S.,s n.der grant of Atlantic & fscine Rsilrnad company, by act of July Nsh' iss6. except such lands ss may be GOV .,,.S bv selectlons, approved by the com ,-;ss;ooer of the General Land O1nce and Secretary of the Interior. AS " lands covered by unapproved selecsloos' n a,nIieation to make filings and entries tbersou may be received, noted. ana helu snbiect to claim by the company oi which claim the applicant must Dc oiS- tinctly informed.
 WASHINGTON, b, O. August 4-oec, retary Fairchild to-day opened the tnlro Iot of proposals for sales Of 41s per cen. bonds' under the terms of the recent T,easI,ry circular. The total amount offered was S7, 14S 300, of which So.oO4- 9OO are registered. and s3.44OOO Cupon
 DEs MONIES Iowa, August 24-Ihe Republican State Convention mel 'nIs morning, After the appointment oi the ususl committees adjourned unH 3 o'clock.
 SAN FRANCISCO August A-John F. Swift, Chairman of the Special tom mittee of the Bar Association has pre- scented to the Association an eulo2lstic sketch of the life and lsbors of the late ex- Senator Aaron A. sargent which mas been adopted.
 SAN FRANCISCO, August "A A con- ference was held to-day between the committee of the Santa Clara yiticultu- raI society and members of congress from this state. A number of prominent yiticulturists of the state were present including Prof. Hilyard of the stale university. The meeting was called to or Ter by John T. Doyle of Menlo Park. Representative Morrow gave his opln- ion as to tbe advisabiltty of producing new measureB and urged the prepara- stion of new bills, One covering sdul- iteration and ths other taking oil the h. ternal revenue tax of 9O per gallon on brandy used m justifynR. Congress- man FeitOn thought that the same oilI defeated at the last session could not now be passed. Representative Mchen- ue sad the party hostile to the reduc- ton of Internal Revenue IS led by Speak CT Carlisle. The party will organize next congress and California will have Q difficulty m ever getting hearing be- fore the principal committies. and on these California is not represented. He thought that some compromise should be made wi.h eastern growers Arpad Haraszthy spoke in favor of dry wines. He said that the sweet wine question could be settled by providing thst all sweet wines should be taxed, except such as are made in vineyards. Dry wInes should be defined as grape juice 70 Caritornia dealers and second class to meet the approval of Ohio men should permit the addition of sugar only.
 These wines should be free from tax ation and all others assessed. This plan would meet the approval of eastern peO pie but have opposition from wine firms Rto manufacture wine without drop of grape juice in it. The principle is ex- aotly the same as ID the oleomargarine bill.
 SAN DIEGo, August 24 A sharp shock of earthquake was felt here this morning. It lasted several seconds.
 WIERs, N. H.. August 24.-General Black, commissioner of pensions, IS re- ported quite i'll from rheumatism.
 OsTESD, August 24.-A number of Belgian fishermen seized two English boats today and refused to give them up. The police fired upon them killing fCu=. RotInR was renewed later in the day and the authorities Tesorted to the use of the srmory, killing two and rounding a number of others.
 WAsHISGroN, August 2i.-Secretary Fairchild accepted bids this afternoon for over S3. .000.00O bonds, with an aver age of three hundred and nine float.
 ALBANY. Oregon, August 4-MrF. Rogers while endesvoring 10 cross the street to-day was struck by the end of the tongue of the hotel coach and with scream fell beneath the horses feet. This frightened the team which dashed forward, tresding upon the prostrats woman and the heavy wheels passed over her. A number of bystanders has tened to the spot and ra;sed the body from the dust. IL was found that her skuli had been crushed by the horses feet and death resulted almost in tantly Deceased was seventy-three years old,
 SAN FRAScIsoo, August 24-An sc- cusstion made by Jas. l.. Crittenden agaIust ". II. l.. Barnes. charging him with employing M. Gumpel, an expert in handwriting. to prove that certain documents used in the sharon divorce case were in the writing of Wm. Sharon, was argued m the Supreme Court to- day and the parties were allowed sixty days to file briefs.
 NEW YORK. August 2+-The creditors of Mitchell, Vance < Co. learned today that ga the assets of the company are only S1jQ0O0. it nov appears the entire capital of SI,2O0,OO0 has been sunk. Secretary Bonner said to-day that in or der to pay the creditors the stockholders would have to sell their stock, He could not say when the creditors would be paid.
 SAN FRASCIsCo, August 24-A con ference between Railroad Commissioners White and Abbott and officials of the Southern Pacific company in reference to Commissioner Abbott's proposition to reduce rates of fares throu2hout the sts;e from four and six cents per mile to three and five cents, was held to-day but To action was taken.
 Railroad Com missioner Abbotts prop OsliiCn t0 reduce the local rate of fare ou railroad lines m this state has been fla vOFabiy considered by the Southern Pacific company. Commissioners Res, Abbott and White met ID the office of the board Of dir, etoTs If the company tO-dsy. and after n harmonious cObsuI- tstiOn On Inc subject with the officials Oi the railroad. during which the matter wss thOEougly discussed, 1t was decided that tue suggestions made by COmmis. s.Oner Abbott should be acted npon SO far as this could be done consistently.
 In making the change of tariff the re- duciious i1 fare will be of general and probably sweeping character, applying not only to those portions of the com psny's lines lying within the state, but through Nevada, Utah, Arizona aud New Mexico, Salt Lake City and Fl Paso all O. these places being given the full bene- tt of the new rates.
 It will require much labor to carefully readIust the scale of fares on all the different lines, bu. it is thought that the work will Oe completed In time for the announcement of the new tariff by the lst proI.
 SANTA CRUz, August 24-This even ing Dan Wents, who feeds the prisoners m She city prison, was attracted by loud calls for help proceeding from the pris- on- He responded promptly and saw smoke issuing from h cell on the left of the entrances. On opening the door of fh.. .a..iI Nf M Al